The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-27
JUDGE LYNCH.
A Mob of 1870 Men Visits the Deiphia.
Indiana, Jail,
The Doors Battered in and the Victim
Hustled to the Woods.
A Supposed AbductOr and Murderer
Strung Up.
Other Matters in the Criminal and
Casualty Calendar.
Murderer Lynehed.

1 GEOEOCECE Ay MCACAS
DELPHI, Ind, Oct. 22.-About mid
night last night mob of $50 men at
tackled the jail here and took away {
prisoner, Amer Green, confined there
and awaiting trial for the abduction
and murder Of Luella Mabbitt. There
has been little fear of lynching and the
sheriff had taken no extra precautions
The mob was organized In the eastern
part of Carroll county and in CaSs
county in the vicinity of Young Amer
lea, where Green and his victim lived
They came in about seVenty-five wag-
ons and on horseback and were armed
to the teeth. They made no demand OF
the sheriff until after breaking in the
wooden door leading to his apartments.
They then asked for the keys to the
Jail and were deried. With a sledge
hammer the iron doors were broken
open and the prisoner secured. He re-
sisted with all his giant power, but was
oVerpOWered, bound and hurried into
a covered wagon held in waiting, the
whip was applied and the horses driven
at full speed across Deer creek, south
of town, where other teams were wait
ing. The procession then proceeded to
and lynched the prisoner. Green was
one of the most desperate criminals
that ever afflicted Indiana. In August,
1886, he abducted and is supposed to
have murdered Luella Mabbitt, a far
mer's daughter. He was captured in
Texas last July, with his brother, Bill
Green, also murderer, and both were
taken to Michigan City for protection
from mob violence. Bill Green is now
on trial in Miami county, and Amer's
case would have come up here to-day
on a motion for a change of venue.
AFRAID OF SHARING A SIMILAR FATE.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. PA News
special from Peru, Indiana, says: Bill
Green, a brother of Amer, who is in
jail in this city is in abject terror, fear
ing the fate his brother met last night.
There are rumors of lynching, but
without foundation. He reiterates his
statement that Miss Mabbitt is alive in
Texas.
FIDELITY BANK FRAUDS.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.-The expected
sensations in the Fidelity National in
dictments began to develop this morn
ing. 1t is now known that twenty
eight true bills have been found. The
cases so far as developed are as follows:
Vice President E. L. Harper, five in
dictments and fifty-seven counts; Cash
ier Ammi Baldwin, four indictments
and fourteen counts; Josie Holmes,
These indictments are for violation of
the statutes at large governing national
banks and for fraud. j. W. Wiltshire,
the broker who led in the disastrous
wheat deal, using Fidelity bank funds,
has four indictments against him, with
eleven counts. W. H. Chatfield and
Henry Payne, the directors who signed
the May report to the comptroller
of the treasury, have been indicted
for cioTHiV1op f1Ion Tofnrnc ond
raigned this morning.
BLOWN TO PIECES.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. ga ChebOy-
gan Michigan special to the Evening
Journal says: The Canadian propeller,
Ontario is reported blown to pieces by
an explosion of her boiler in the north
channel near Bruce mines and thirty
five people killed. No particulars can
be obtained, it being insulated from
any port or telegraph station.
CUT HIS THOAT.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Adam Boyer,
German butcher. attempted to kill
his wife and four-year old child with a
large knife this morning. After a
short struggle the mother and child es-
capped without injury, but the father in
his fury cut his throat was dead in a
few minutes.
A FIGHT WITH DESPERADOES.
LTTTLD Rock, Oct. GA special to
the Arkansas Gazette from Wewaka,
Indian Territory, via Muskogee, this
evening, says: On Thursday des-
perate fight took place on the North
Fork of the Arkansas River, between
Bud Trainers gang of outlaws and a
vigilance committee under the leader
ship of Robert Henderson, Scotch
half-breed, which followed them
from Duckworth's store, in the
oil lot &hn ooI0
of a raid there on Wednesday. 1t
seems, the outlaws finding out the
size of the force which was following
them, decided to risk an encounter,
and made haste to reach the river
banks, where they could find shelter
behind trees and in ravines. which
line the banks on either side.
In this they succeeded, SC
the mercy of two score of men, who
knew not what mercy was. Henderson
took his men a short distance up the
river where fOrding place could be
| found, then crossed and took up pc
sition upon the other side of the stream
| from the outlaws, and where his meT
were as well protected as those OF Train
er's men. The river at this point is only
about 100 yards wide. and across this
/ ulSGduCo, lEOu1 I nuISUdy u1OtnluR uuIl
/ Thursday night bullets were singing OF
their mission of death. When the vigi
lants had succeeded in obtaining thii
position they found they had lost thret
men and had two seriously wounded
AS Trainer found his enemy in TIT
rear, on the opposite side of thu
river, he sent half of his mel
down the stream to eros
and came upon the other side fighting
under cover of the trees. In this coul
d. etat they were surprised by tn
avengers, who metthem half way an,
opened fire upon them, checking thei
course and driving them panic strickel
precipitately back. In trying to rail-
his men Bill Chuel was killed, and be
fore the river could be reforde
John Leech, of the robber gang
was shot off his horse, bu
was not killed. The fight from this O
was continued across the stream, tn
banks of which were lined at distance
of about five rods apart with SHARP
shooters. No sooner was head, arm
or any part of body visible on eithG
side than leaden bullet wa
seeking to find lodgmeL
therein. AS Thursday night was Con
ing on, Henderson called his men fC
? consultation, when it was found that {
I his force eight men were killed outIigi
ana 01gnG OCn6rS HaO received 66r1Ou
] though not fatal wounds. The forC
!. was in this way reduced one-half, an
{ it was thought best to remove tt
. wounded and 60 back home and stir Z
q reinforcements. The dead were buriE
!. and the wounded, it was foun
Il after dressing their wound
. were able to return home with the re
!. of the party. 1t is thought as many
n the outlaws were killed as of the pu
= suing party, though this viii never
i known. Henderson says he viii CT
lect hundred men and follow Il
robbers to help if necessar
. but what he viii wipe them on
The following is a list of the kille
= James Saunders, Oaks, Cherokee n
8 ton, shot through the head; F. FaT
20 mile, Garfield, Cherokee Nation, sh
'e through the body; Bedrock Chapi
"a Lunkf1a, Cherokee Nation, shot in q
places; Bushy SakasWa, Patrick, Oh,
okee Nation, shot through the bod
,e Chief Parr, Oaks, Cherokee Matte
~ shot in head; Samuel Hilloter. Eufau
" Greek Nation, shot twice in the box
:. Walter Arnsworth, ranger, from NJ
M lMuskogee; Darling Price, settler. frt
ar near Camp Greek, Cherokee Matte
4 HnnrU vars 70 n,